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When USC and Connecticut met in the Elite Eight , in the immediate wake of JuJu Watkins ’ devastating knee injury last March, it didn’t take long to see how much USC missed its superstar. As hard as the Trojans fought, the Huskies were simply too much to handle without Watkins.

That thought, nine months later, hadn’t been given much serious credence at USC through a solid 7-2 start. At least, not until Saturday, when the top-ranked Huskies offered a rude reminder by totally trouncing the 16th-ranked Trojans, 79-51, in their home arena , where they had yet to lose this season.

Connecticut, though, had yet to lose a game since early last February. Coming into Saturday, it had

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